Takahē 74     Summer 2011

 

Editorial Karen Zelas
Fiction:
Owen Bullock Gangs Brindi Joy Barefoot Traveller
Simon Goodwin Pines Kate Mahony So Fun
Maria Hansen Smelts Rupa Maitra Tatyana
K-T Harrison Baking Day T Remington The Last Risk
Kelly Joseph White Elephant    
Poetry:
Tony Beyer Big Brown Island Leonard Lambert The Keeper of Days
  The Northern Hemisphere   In the month before the winter-war
  ‘Wade in the Water’ Sally Marx A Perfect Moment
Liz Breslin Golden Opportunities   Old Lady
  Out of the groove Rae Pater Passed
David Eggleton Nor’wester Flying   Moon
  Whakapapa of Rangi the Melody-Maker Deryn Pittar Wind
  Vapour Trails above Cook Strait   The Spade
  Sunday’s Song   The Bookshop
  Night Shades   Papamoa
  Hawk and Butterfly Vaughan Rapatahana matai street in august
  The Wisdom of Crowds   who are these whitemen?
  Roadkill Ron Riddell Sitting with Janet Frame
Jo Emeney A Little Night Music   Sometimes when the moon
  First Thing   Above Piha
Catherine Fitchett The Idea of Trees   Without Ithaca
  Visiting the Ancestors Reihana Robinson Fugitive Families
Robin Fry The poet   Island Girl Tokoroa 1959
  In the night Jane Sloan A Romance
Jan Hutchison Reading the Book Aloud   Horses and Dust
Adrienne Jansen 1942, three photographs Jo Thorpe The Care/Taker in Winter
  Handshake   Nocturne
  Scorching rollerblades Charlotte Trevella Ephemera
Jan Kelly Unfinished Business   The Tent
  Looking Into It Bryan Walpert Wayward Ode
      Song
Cultural Studies:
L.E. Scott My Family in Kenya
The Work of Liyen Chong:
   Linda Tyler Of Positions and half Positions, having several Marks at once (2011)
   Cassandra Fusco The Necessary Uncertainty of Self
Competitions:
Takahē Poetry Competition 2011 Judges Report
Reviews
Guest Artist: Liyen Chong
Guest Fiction: K-T Harrison
Guest Poet: David Eggleton